Agenda for the NASL Board Meeting
Wednesday, January 21st, 2004

  • Minutes of the NASL Board Meeting of July 21st, 2004

  • Held at John Hunt Soccer Central Building upstairs in Huntsville

  • 6:00pm – 7:30pm

Agenda Items to be discussed at the July 21st, 2004 meeting are:

 

  1. Call to Order by President Christy Clark
  2. Roll Call
  3. Introduction of any guests:
    Ralph Stone - Huntsville City Parks and Recreation Department
    Johnny Childress - FOSNA
  4. Financial Report
  5. Report from other officers:
    1. President - None
    2. District Commissioner's Report - Report from Marty Eaton on AYSA meeting
    3. Treasurer - Financial Report - Irene
    4. Board Officers –
    5. Committees - The new board should plan on filling the six standing committees as soon as possible.  The most urgent need is the nominating committee to look for NASL officers for Fall 2004.  Other committees:
      Rules & Regulations
      Budget
      Discipline
      Special Events
      Field Facilities
  6. Setting a date, time and place for the NASL AGM.
  7. Discussing how we want to handle the Annual General Membership meeting – order of business, elections, change over of offices, etc.
  8. Setting a date, time and place for the Fall season scheduling meetings.
  9. Going over the slate of candidates for the new 2004-2005 NASL Board - I suggest that if we are not expected to discuss the character of any of the candidates that we invite them to this meeting so that they have a chance to experience a meeting and to see what they will be doing once they are in office.
  10. Scheduling Process for Fall 2004 - i.e. state games, process of scheduling and canceling NASL games – Where will the game schedules be posted?  How far in advance? How will Region III games be handled? What about US Club Soccer games?
  11. Rec-Plus – small sided games for Fall 2004
    How are we going to handle field and goal sizes for U9 and U10, U11? 
    Also will we have an end-of –the-season tournament (prior to Governor’s Cup)? Tournament rules for U9 and U10 are at:
    http://www.nasl.com/rec-plus.htm
    What are the costs to the U9, U10, U11 teams?
    Check out the article on-line at http://www.nasl.com/articles/pdf/SmallSidedGames.pdf
    which is AYSA Small Sided Games - A comprehensive Manual: the what’s, how’s, why’s, and when’s of small sided games in youth soccer
  12. Here is where we are planning on doing for the Fall 2004 Season and Spring 2005:
          U9 - 6v6
          U10 - 8v8
          U11 - 8v8
          U12 and above - Full sided 11v11

         The only places that we differ from the recommendations is that we will use whatever fields and goals are available. That doesn't mean that the U9s, U10s and U11s will be using full size fields. Rather, what it does mean is that we will use whatever small sided resources are available. In other words the U9s, U10s and U11s could all use the same size field and goals - which might be larger than those recommended. For example, we won't cancel games if the only goals available are 8 x 24 instead of the recommended 7x21 or 6x18.
          It will be up to the new NASL board to decide if they will be able to mark off all fields for U9s, U10s and U11s at the same size or if they want to provide smaller fields and smaller size goals for the U9s. If they don't implement smaller fields for the U9s this year, then they probably will do so in Fall 2005 when both U9s and U10s play 6v6 and U11s and U12s will play 8v8.
  13. Unfinished Business
    1. Status of "Sideline Behavior" videos
    2. Report on Sports Medicine clinic
    3. Other unfinished business?
  14. Other Possible Topics
    1. FOSNA donations/contributions/fees
    2. Disciplinary Committee
    3. Recruiting problems
    4.  



       Check out the minutes from previous years to see the issues we discussed this time of year.  That may help some of you remember how we handled the same matters in the past that are coming up again this year.

 

http://www.nasl.com/min/NASL_Meeting_Minutes_7_30_03.htm

 

http://www.nasl.com/min/NASL_Meeting_Minutes_8_19_03.htm

 

 

 


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